Top 100 sweet wines of Graves
Discover the top 100 best sweet wines of Graves of Graves as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the sweet wines that are popular of Graves and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Discovering the wine region of Graves
Historic cradle of Bordeaux wine, left bank south of the city. Structured reds on siliceous gravel: firm cassis-laden Cabernet Sauvignon, velvety Merlot, perfumed Cabernet Franc, signature notes of black fruit, smoke, graphite and cigar box. Elegant dry whites blending Sauvignon (citrus, boxwood, freshness) and Sémillon (wax, honey, richness with ageing), among Bordeaux's longest-lived. Also sweet Graves Supérieures.
5,000 ha, 75% red. Pessac-Léognan split off in 1987.
Discover the grape variety: Muscadelle
Aromatic, fruity whites with a tender palate, with intense aromas of muscat, white flowers, honey, candied citrus and floral notes (no genetic link to the muscat family). Minor component in the great botrytised dessert wines of Sauternes, Barsac, Cérons and Monbazillac, adding perfume and freshness. Also dry in Entre-Deux-Mers. Made as sumptuous fortified wines in Australia (Rutherglen Topaque). French variety from Bordeaux and the South-West.
Food and wine pairing with a sweet wine of Graves
sweet wines from the region of Graves go well with generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of salmon pizza, squid from the mouth of the cavado river (portugal) or express cherry clafoutis.
